Cannibalism Behind Avian Flu?

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ControversyCannibalism behind avian fluBy Sandhya Jain Though India was fortunate to escape the catastrophic consequences of mad cow disease two years ago, it is undeniably in the grip of an avian flu epidemic in Maharashtra and possibly Gujarat. We shall be lucky if the crisis does not spread to other parts of the country. As the meat industry sends meat to different parts of the country, besides exporting it, the economic dimensions of the crisis are obvious. Within the country, most states have banned the entry of poultry and poultry products from these two states. Several lakh birds have been culled and buried by meat inspectors and the menace is far from over, with dead birds reported from several countries and a worldwide alert sounded.But the deeper dimension of the crisis is civilisational, and it would be a mistake to ignore this aspect and treat the subject as a mere

health issue best left to meat inspectors. The crisis is the product of a soulless profit-driven ideology called globalisation, which is unashamedly marketing inedible products to dumb animals and innocent human beings alike, with little transparency, much less accountability.Unacceptable atrocities are being committed upon helpless living animals in the name of efficiency and productivity, the international standards of which are set by the Western world. A powerful propaganda machinery ensures the muzzling of other voices and cultural practices, and the entire international community finds itself hostage to horrendous diseases and consequences. Through all this misery, an agitated poultry farmer pointed out, Western multinationals make money—by selling medicines, vaccines and processed meat. http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content & pa=showpage & pid=121 & page=18 "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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